Is economic hardship on the families of the seriously ill associated with patient and surrogate care preferences?

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 1737-1741

  Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a,c   Landefeld, C Seth ^a,c   Teno, Joan ^d   Connors Jr , Alfred F ^b,c   Dawson, Neal ^b,c   Youngner, Stuart ^a,c   Desbiens, Norman ^e   Lynn, Joanne ^d   Fulkerson, William ^f   Reding, Douglas ^e   Oye, Robert ^g   Phillips, Russell S ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; CONSENSUS; DEATH AND EUTHANASIA; DISSENT; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; FAMILY MEMBERS; STUDY TO UNDERSTAND PROGNOSES AND PREFERENCES FOR OUTCOMES AND RISKS OF TREATMENTS (SUPPORT); SURVEY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CONSENSUS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 9444225464     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.15.1737     Document Type: Article

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